de Jager Surname

15,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Jager Surname Definition:

“The Hunter” in Dutch.

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de Jager Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa26,3111:2,059258
Netherlands8,5891:1,966125
Australia6491:41,5965,334
Canada2581:142,81214,673
England2421:230,24019,179
Namibia2161:11,1552,104
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
Belgium1451:79,28712,505
New Zealand1211:37,4246,365
Brazil421:5,097,008130,362
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Botswana281:78,10513,263
France221:3,019,215204,848
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Norway81:642,78647,258
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Ireland51:941,78816,185
China51:273,464,31313,838
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Suriname11:552,6169,664
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: de Jäger (4) are calculated separately.

de Jager Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“The Hunter” in Dutch.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

Dutch meaning, "the Hunter".

- mercheuberos
DNA test information
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de Jager Demographics

Average Male de Jager Height

177.68 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 98 (2014)

Average Female de Jager Height

159.93 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 15 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Jager Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Jager Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Jager is found most in South Africa. It may be found as: de Jäger. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Jager? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Jager is the 15,022nd most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 196,589 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of de Jager reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

de Jager is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 26,311 people, or 1 in 2,059. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 30 percent are found, Western Cape, where 21 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it exists in 79 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

de Jager Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Jager has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Jager last name expanded 1,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Jager Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Jager earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.48% more than the national average, earning 468,872 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.6% more than the national average, earning R 386,388 per year; in United States they earn 90.04% more than the national average, earning $82,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.26% more than the national average, earning $53,288 CAD per year.

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de Jäger964/
de Jaeger942,283/
de Jagger9476/
de Jagher9433/
de Jaager9418/
de Jagere9417/
de Jacger948/
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de Jagerr941/
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de Jage931/
de Jaegher891,020/
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de Jagez885/
de Joger881/
de Jaget881/
de Jeaghere841/
de Zanger82134/
de Sagher8288/
de Yagher825/
De-Jaeger822/
de Jaugey822/
de Jonger821/
de Yage801/
de Sage801/
de Haigert782/
de Seagher781/
de Jonge7520,039/
de Sagey7510/
De-Yager754/
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de Jasce751/
de Jonghe714,478/
de Jounge7152/
de Heijer716/
de Hauser712/
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de Yacher711/
de Jhonge711/
de Jose674,728/
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de Hooijer672/
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